Osaka lives up to its reputation as Japan’s kitchen, delivering everyday meals so good they permanently recalibrate your idea of average food.
We experienced Kyoto through a one-day highlights tour from Osaka, a practical way to take in the city’s most recognizable temples and districts when time was short.
Tokyo should be exhausting, but between flawless trains, a Suica card that pays for everything, and crowds that behave themselves, it never was.